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“Do you guys seriously have to do that when I’m sitting right here?” Choi Beomgyu rolls his eyes at the freshly married couple sitting right in front of him. “Seriously, At least wait til’ I’m gone,” He absentmindedly rubs his thumb over the soft fur of the cat currently curled up on his lap.
“Hey don’t be bitter” Kang Taehyun laughs but Beomgyu rolls his eyes again. “Finally come up for air?”
“Hyung, why are you so depressed?” Soobin laughs, wiping his lips with the back of his hands.
Beomgyu scoffs, “I’m not depressed, I just don’t appreciate watching you two swap spit everytime I come over”
“Can you blame me?” Taehyun coos, squishing Soobin’s cheeks, the other reveling in the attention, his dimples making an appearance. This makes Taehyun lose his mind.
Beomgyu busies himself with admiring the grey Russian Blue cat purring on his lap while Taehyun and Soobin are being gross over there. It’s fur is so thick and soft. It’s so pretty. Beomgyu smiles a little, flicking the cat’s pointy left ear gently back and forth with his index finger. The cat cuddles more into him, stretching his body and paws and then finally melting into a puddle on his thighs. Beomgyu’s heart is in a fucking puddle. He doesn’t really consider himself an animal person but what a cutie, seriously.
“Have you two decided what you’re gonna do with this thing?” He asks loudly, interrupting yet another make out session between his two friends.
Taehyun, mildly annoyed that he was interrupted, glares at Beomgyu.
This fucking bitch, Beomgyu thinks.
“First of all, don’t call him a thing , his name is Junnie and we decided we wanted to give him to you” Taehyun says cheerily like he wasn’t giving Beomgyu the coldest gaze two seconds ago.
“Me?!?” Beomgyu pauses, looking at the couple incredulously, “Why the fuck would you think I’m capable of caring for a fucking cat? In case you guys need a reminder I’m never home and What the fuck kind of name is Junnie?”
“We didn’t name him, he had collar”
“So you basically swiped someone’s cat” Beomgyu deadpans.
“We didn’t! We took him to the animal rescue center the day after we found him and it turns out he just escaped. We didn’t wanna leave him there so we adopted him.” Taehyun explains
“Hyungie,” Soobin pouts, taking Taehyun’s hand in his and looking at Beomgyu with sad eyes, the scene oddly resembles a therapy session except the couple were the therapists and Beomgyu was the patient. Beomgyu scoffs at the thought, “You are too lonely” Soobin continues, “And since you refuse to date anyone, Taehyun and I think a pet would be a good companion for you”
“Absolutely fucking not” Beomgyu bristles “Yah! You can’t just thrust the random cat you found on the street onto me! It’s your responsibility, you were the ones that rescued and fucking adopted him!”
“But Gyu, he was all alone in the rain, cold and sad…and he likes you,” Soobin pouts, eyes on the sleeping cat, refusing to budge from Beomgyu’s legs. Beomgyu hates to admit this but he’s just like everyone else. He has a weak ass heart and Soobin’s dimples are the ultimate icebreaker. Still, he holds his ground. No way in fucking hell is he going to take Junnie home with him. He doesn’t have time to properly care for another living thing besides himself. He’s always working….sadly he doesn’t have time for much else.
Beomgyu sighs, rubbing his palms flat against Junnie’s slightly heaving tummy, the cat is indeed a sweet little guy who seems to have taken a liking to Beomgyu, never leaving his lap since he got here an hour or so ago. “Guys, I sort of want to, but I really can’t help. I’m too busy” Maybe he is kind of lonely. And maybe the idea of having a cute little cat running around when he gets home makes his heart feel all soft and fuzzy.
“Soob and I thought of that” Taehyun brightens with the hope that Beomgyu is warming up to the idea. “Which is why we will look after him from time to time when you can’t!”
“So why can’t you two just keep him then?”
“Need I remind you that you live in a fucking mansion, Soob and I still live in an apartment where absolutely no pets are allowed. We literally had to smuggle him in. We’ve had him for a week now and I think the neighbours are getting suspicious”
Beomgyu wipes his hand over his face and lets his fingers land on the bridge of his nose, immediately regretting it when he feels the urge to sneeze because of all the cat fur.
“Can’t you two just decide on a fucking house already?”
“No,” Soobin sighs, “Who knew house shopping would be this hard?”
“It’s really not,” Beomgyu counters. “You two are just really picky bitches.”
Soobin gasps in mock offence, clutching at his heart. Beomgyu rolls his eyes fondly at his friend’s antics.
“Fine”
“Fine?” Taehyun repeats, “does that mean you’ll take him?”
“Just until you two decide on a house, no longer than two months for fucks sake and you idiots will still take care of it when I can’t.”
“Deal!” The couple shouted in unison.
“Now. Make sure you feed him on time, give him baths, scratch behind his ears—he likes that, brush his fur so he doesn’t shed, coo at him when he does something cute and give him all the attention he requires. He’s already been to the vet and he’s in tip top shape so please keep him that way and don’t. kill. my. son, Choi Beomgyu ” Soobin goes in one breath.
“I fucking take it back” Beomgyu groans.
~~~~~
“Uh—welcome to your new home I guess?” Beomgyu gestures to the space at the entrance of his home. He set the pet cage down and releases the cat into the open. “Mi casa es su casa, Junnie” he stoops down and pets the cat’s fluffy head fondly.
He heads towards the kitchen firstly, vaguely registering that Junnie is trotting beside him. He’s super hungry but his stupid friends were two busy eating each other’s faces to realize he was starving. He sighs as he rummages through his cupboards. He’s been too tied up to go grocery shopping and his best friend Jimin who normally does it for him because he thinks Beomgyu will die without groceries, is on a secret vacation with his idol boyfriend right now. As crazy as that sounds, it’s the absolute truth. Everyone is fucking dating these days, Beomgyu thinks bitterly.
“You hungry too, Junnie?” The cat mewled in response and Beomgyu has no idea what it means, but he takes it as a yes anyways. Junnie rubs his body all over Beomgyu’s fuzzy socks, purring and sending vibrations through his legs.
“Okay let’s see what I can make us” He continues to rummage through his kitchen, disappointed when all he could find was an expired box of crackers. He makes a mental note to actually start doing his own grocery shopping because truthfully, this is sad.
“Guess I’m ordering in today” He laughs a little at his situation, dialling the number to the sushi place near his house.
“Beomgyu, you need to learn to start cooking” was the first thing his friend Hyunjin said upon picking up the phone.
“Why would I when you feed me so well?” Beomgyu responds cheekily, leaning on the counter, watching as Junnie plays with a loose string on the carpet.
“Janet still refuses to cook for you I see” Hyunjin sighs, Beomgyu hears the faint sounds of pots clanging in the background. “You know maybe you should just start cooking so she sees that you can take care of yourself”
Beomgyu tsked. “I cook sometimes, just not a lot lately.”
Hyunjin hums on the other end as he shuffled around.
“Anyways I’m hungry now so will you feed me or not?” Beomgyu asks, running the pad of his thumb across the marble counter.
“Fine, but too much Sushi isn’t good for you. If you call me again this week I’m blocking your number”
“Yeah, yeah whatever Dad . I’ll have the usual-hey and do you happen to know if cat’s are allowed to have sushi?”
“I mean, I wouldn’t know, maybe? Since it’s still fish? Beomgyu, google is actually free”
“I’m hanging up, please be here soon or My stomach will eat itself and then me”
He hangs up without waiting for a response, heading towards the sitting room where he finds Janet, his housemaid dusting.
“Good evening Gyu!!” She grins, smiling from ear to ear. She’s a beautiful woman, at least in Beomgyu’s opinion. For someone in her mid 60s she has the shiniest eyes that are always full of life. Her skin is soft despite the obvious wrinkles around her eyes and cheeks and she always wears the brightest smile. Beomgyu adores her, she’s nothing short of a mother to him, having been the one who has been taking care of him since he was like 10. At the moment though, He was still being sulky with her since she refuses to cook for him or do his groceries anymore.
“You aren’t a baby anymore,” She had said sternly but still with the softest smile, “And I won’t be here to take care of you forever, so I’m letting you do some things for yourself”
Beomgyu knows he can just hire someone to do these things for him with the snap of his fingers but deep down he knew she was right, he’s an adult now and he needed to start acting like it. Plus, he never refuses a challenge.
Beomgyu whines, flopping himself messily on the couch, Junnie jumps up and butts his head against Beomgyu’s thighs and then curls up next to him happily.
“Is that a cat?” She asks, stooping a little to scratch under Junnie’s chin, cooing when he gives her finger an experimental lick.
“Yeah. It’s Taehyun and Soobin’s” Beomgyu answers rubbing at his temples
“So why do you have him?”
“Their building restricts pets so I’m keeping it until they find a house” Beomgyu sighs, closing his eyes tightly to will away the headache he feels coming on. He had such a long day. “I brought it a bunch of stuff at the store on my way home but somehow I forgot to buy it food”
Janet laughs, still scratching the cat’s head. “I’ll give him some tuna, cats love that” she says, before making gurgling noises at Junnie “Isn’t that right little one, you love tuna don’t you? Aw such a cutie!” Junnie meows happily, leaning into her touches and Beomgyu rolls his eyes. This is ridiculous.
“What’s his name?” Janet asks
“Junnie” Beomgyu answers, getting up, “Anyways I’m going to take a shower, I trust you’ll feed it when I leave” He nods once and then leaves the room. On his way out, he hears Janet chuckling “he’s just jealous because I’m giving you all the attention, right Junnie?”
Beomgyu scoffs. Fucking Taehyun and Soobin.
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After Beomgyu showers, he enjoys his sushi with a glass of his favourite red wine before the television which was playing some Netflix drama Taehyun recommended to him some time ago. Junnie had eaten Janet’s tuna, happily munching away before he climbed on the couch next to Beomgyu and fell asleep purring.
Janet leaves Beomgyu’s house with both the man and the cat fast asleep on the couch after throwing a blanket over Beomgyu and giving Junnie a few head pats. Her heart warmed at the sight of them. So cute.
~~~~~~
Beomgyu groans, flinging the arm slung around his middle off of him. The heat was unbearable. He twisted a little, trying to hold on to that tiny string of sleep before it slips away but it’s too late, it’s too hot. He’s definitely awake now. He blinks himself into consciousness slowly adjusting his eyes to the light.
When he’s finally less of a zombie he realizes three things; 1. This wasn’t his bedroom, 2. There’s someone sleeping on the couch next to him and 3. That someone is butt ass naked.
He considers himself to have quite an impeccable memory capacity but he finds himself wondering what the hell he did last night. Did he dream about the way he spent his night? Because he sure as hell did not remember going clubbing or even going out at all? So why was he currently next to a literal naked boy? He thinks carefully, what do I do in a situation like this? Should I wake him up? As Beomgyu examines the sleeping boy’s face he realizes another thing, there’s two fuzzy gray ears on top of his head. What the actual fuck? Are those things real? He hesitantly reaches out to poke at one of them, watching as it flicks. He pulls his finger away. The sleeping boy moans deep and guttural and Beomgyu squeaks in embarrassment. Did he just-
Beomgyu thinks it’s too late to do anything now when the boy starts blinking himself awake,stretching himself against Beomgyu. Beomgyu closes his eyes, somehow only recalling that the boy was naked when he felt his bare skin on his. What the fuck is happening? The boy groans and smacks his lips together, eyes landing on Beomgyu’s closed ones.
“Are you still asleep?” He mumbles voice deep with sleep.
Beomgyu flutters his eyes open and stares at the boy in front of him. He stares back. The only thing Beomgyu manages to say is “Who the fuck are you?”
The boy sits up, running his hand through his hair. Beomgyu tries not to watch. “My name is Yeonjun,but you can just call me Junnie. I’m a cat” he grins—Are those canines? Fangs? What the fuck he has fangs!
“You’re a what?” Beomgyu also sits up, aggressively tossing Yeonjun’s feet off him. “And why are you naked? Put some clothes on for fucks sake!”
“I don’t have any clothes and I said I’m a cat” he looks at Beomgyu confused. He’s confused? Beomgyu is the one who is this close to losing his shit. This must be some sort of fucking dream.
“Look I don’t know what kind of sick joke this is or how you got here but it’s time for you to go. I have work”
Yeonjun pouts. “But you’re my owner, well at least until Taehyun and Soobin find a house.”
Baffled, Beomgyu looks at the naked boy on the other side of the couch, “Can you just please explain to me what’s going on? Why are you naked in my house on my couch and claiming that I’m your owner? And why the fuck do you have animal ears?”
Yeonjun’s ears flick back and forth a little at the last part of Beomgyu’s little freak out. “I’m Junnie, Beomgyu. Your cat. And for the last time, I’m naked because I don’t own any clothes”
Beomgyu rubs the bridge of his nose and sighs. He’s a good person, what has he ever done to deserve this? “So you’re telling me,” he points at Yeonjun, “that you’re a cat? The cat that Taehyun and Soobin gave me to babysit? Is this some kind of joke?”
On a regular day Beomgyu wouldn’t even give this freak the time of day. He would’ve probably kicked him out before he had the chance to properly wake up but today, today Beomgyu cannot process anything. What a bizarre situation. There’s literal cat ears on this kids head and it’s naked and claiming to be Tyun and Soob’s pet. Its dick was pressed up against Beomgyu’s thighs two seconds ago.
“Can you stop referring to me as ‘it’?” Yeonjun asks, annoyed. “I’m a man, not a thing. As you said, I have a literal dick” he gestures down with his eyes and Beomgyu refuses to look.
“Huh?”
“You keep referring to me as ‘it’. Quit it. And I’m not lying. I really am Junnie.”
Beomgyu is once again baffled- did this boy just read his mind?
“Yes. I did read your mind. You should really learn to keep your thoughts under control by the way, everything’s a mess up there, even I’m confused” Yeonjun responds, standing on his two feet and stretching.
Beomgyu covers his eyes with his hands to block the HD view he currently has of Yeonjun’s bare ass.
“So let’s say for a second that I believe you. What are you?” He sees Yeonjun open his mouth to say something but he interrupts, “Yes I know, you’re a cat but I mean, you shapeshift?
“Yes, I’m a cat hybrid so I can shift whenever”
“What’s a hybrid?” Is Beomgyu really taking this guy seriously now? Maybe. He feels like he has no other choice than to believe this shit.
“It means I’m both cat and man.”
“This is absolutely ridiculous. You can tell me,” Beomgyu leans forward, elbows resting on his knees, “Is this some sort of prank Taehyun and Soobin set up because I showed up late to their wedding?
Yeonjun shakes his head, “No, and you really should learn to be on time for stuff concerning your friends, Taehyun and Soobin were actually a little upset that you almost cancelled”
“Quit telling me what to do” Beomgyu snaps, he takes his hoodie off, now left with his bare chest exposed. “And put this on for fucks sake”
Yeonjun takes the hoodie, grumbling something about humans being too fussy, Beomgyu opts to ignore it . The hoodie stops mid thigh on Yeonjun and Beomgyu thanks the stars that they’re basically the same size and he only buys oversized sweaters. Now that he’s covered (kind of), Beomgyu can focus a little bit better.
“Why did you have to “change”? Couldn’t you just stay a cat to save my sanity?” Beomgyu takes the time to finally take a good look at Yeonjun. His eyes are the warmest brown color, a harsh change from the striking emerald green that they were when he was in the form of a cat. His hair is jet black and a little long Beomgyu notes, some of it is falling in his eyes. He’s really handsome– Beomgyu tears his eyes away. That’s enough.
“I don’t have enough energy to stay a cat for that long. I’ve already been in that form for almost two months”
Beomgyu facepalms, it’s too early for this. He gets up and walks to his bedroom, pulling a pair of boxers and shorts from his closet and tosses them at Yeonjun who was mindlessly following him around. “Put these on and follow me”
Yeonjun does as he’s told and follows Beomgyu into the kitchen, watching as the other grumbles to himself, aggressively pulling items from his refrigerator.
“So when can you change back?” Beomgyu asks, breaking the silence as he slices up some onions.
Yeonjun shrugs, “I don’t know, whenever I get my energy back”
“And when will that be”
“I don’t know”
“Is there anything you do know?”
“Well I do know that a few seconds ago you thought I looked somewhat cute in your clothes.” Yeonjun smirks. Beomgyu is so fun to play with
“I had no such thoughts” Beomgyu scoffs, dicing with a little more force than necessary, “Does Soob or Tyun know you can turn into a human and read minds–wait what else can you do?”
“To answer your question, no they don’t know and I can alter temperatures, release pheromones to calm my owner’s nerves if they ever find themselves in a distressing situation, I can teleport, I’m a device of protection-”
“Okay enough” Beomgyu stops him, sighing before he lays the knife flat on the cutting board, “Can I tell them to come over? I need to make sure I’m not crazy”
“Sure” Yeonjun smiles, “You know, I also cook a little”
“Don’t you dare touch anything in my kitchen” Beomgyu bristles, glaring at Yeonjun before fishing out his phone from his pocket and calling Taehyun.
“Good morning!” Soobin chirpily answers on the first ring
“Yeah, yeah morning, Can you two come over?”
“Wow you’re incredibly happy this morning” Soobin answers sarcastically , “Is everything okay?”
“Yeah I guess, I need to show you guys something”
“Well okay, we’ll be there in ten, How is Junnie by the way?” Beomgyu vaguely registers Taehyun asking Soobin who he’s talking to
Beomgyu glances at Yeonjun who was busy playing with the tassels on his hoodie, “He’s okay”
“I hope you didn’t hurt one hair on my baby’s head” Soobin warns and Beomgyu rolls his eyes.
“I’m hanging up”
True to his threat, he hangs up the phone and turns to Yeonjun.
“You better not disappear into thin air and make me look stupid” Beomgyu narrows his eyes at Yeonjun who just blinks at him slowly.
“Relax. I’ll be good” He says in his stupidly low voice. Beomgyu looks at him for a while, stunned. No. Just No.
He rolls his eyes at the catboy and doesn’t even bother responding to whatever that was. He decides to continue cooking and ignoring Yeonjun until he hears the doorbell.
Yeonjun’s ears perk up and he immediately looks on guard
“Oh chill out, it’s just your real owners”
Yeonjun visibly relaxes before attempting to follow behind Beomgyu who was heading for the door.
“No. sit,” Beomgyu says, pointing at Yeonjun who just scoffs and folds his hands.
“I’m not a dog, Beomgyu”
The other ignores him as he gumpily trudges down the hall. Yeonjun just sulks further into his chair. How can one tiny human be filled with so much rage?
A moment later he comes back with Taehyun and Soobin following close behind him holding hands.
“Who’s this?” Taehyun asks, letting go off Soobin’s hand to give Yeonjun a little wave.
“I’m Yeonjun.” He waves back, a little shyly.
“This is what I wanted to show you,” Beomgyu sighs, leaning against the counter and gesturing towards Yeonjun. “What I’m about to tell you will definitely have you questioning my sanity but it’s the truth. Well at least I think it is”
Soobin shifts a little on his feet, obviously a little nervous, Taehyun glares at Beomgyu. “Enough with the suspense, you’re making him anxious!”
Beomgyu rolled his eyes, “Okay, Yeonjun is Junnie”
There’s only silence for a while and then Yeonjun sniffs in the background. Taehyun narrows his eyes at Beomgyu, “Are you-are you serious? This is a joke?”
Beomgyu flings his hands in the hair in frustration, “I’m serious! Ask him”
“What? I’m not going to ask him that!” Taehyun is obviously trying not to exasperatedly yell at Beomgyu.
“It’s true,” Yeonjun coughs.
The couple whips around to give Yeonjun twin looks of confusion. His ears wiggled under all the attention and Taehyun’s eyes flicker to the movement.
“Are those-did your ears just-?” Taehyun points in the direction of Yeonjun’s fluffy cat ears, widening his eyes when Yeonjun nods. Soobin still hasn’t said much since he got here, just looking between all three of them with a lost expression on his face.
“So you’re telling me our cat magically turned into,,, this guy?” He asks finally.
“For the last time Soobin, yes, that’s what I said”
“Is this a prank?” Taehyun asks, jerking his thumb between Beomgyu and Yeonjun’s bodies.
“No.” They respond in unison.
“And that’s not even the worst part—okay, think of something specific” Beomgyu demands.
“Huh?”
“Just do it”
Both Taehyun and Soobin close their eyes and Beomgyu gestures for Yeonjun to work his magic.
“Uh okay uhm, Taehyun is thinking of ways he can secretly take Beomgyu to a psychiatrist and Soobin is wondering if I have a tail—I don’t by the way, not when I’m in this form” Yeonjun says, shuffling a little uncomfortably in his chair.
“What the actual fuck. He’s right!” Soobin almost yells and Beomgyu scoffs, suddenly remembering Taehyun’s thoughts.
“Yah! I’m not crazy” He glares at his best friend who just laughs cheekily.
“So he reads minds too?” Taehyun sighs, “What the fuck is going on up in here?”
“And a bunch of other shit I was too shocked to remember,” Beomgyu finishes. “Sit, I’ll make you guys breakfast” He adds.
The couple sits a few inches away from Yeonjun, around Beomgyu’s breakfast table in the right corner of the room. Soobin in Taehyun’s lap like they aren’t surrounded by tons of other chairs.
“So how does this happen?” Soobin asks Yeonjun, seemingly over his initial shock. “Are you like a superhero catboy?” He sounded excited now.
“Are you five?” Beomgyu snaps, scoffing when Taehyun glares at him. He holds up his hands in surrender, going back to flipping his egg.
“I’m not a superhero,” Yeonjun giggles a little, “I’m a hybrid. Half boy, half cat”
“I’ve read about those!” Taehyun bounces in his seat, also sounding excited now. Beomgyu sighs but says nothing, he’s surrounded by children. He would never admit this out loud but if Hyunjin was here, he would know what to do.
At that moment, Janet comes into the kitchen, humming something but stops when she sees Beomgyu and the rest of the boys.
“Oh-Beomgyu, what are you doing here? I thought you left for work?” She spins a little on her heel to wave at the couple, “Taehyun, Soobin, Hello!”
“Janet!” They both greet in unison.
“And who are you?” She smiles kindly at Yeonjun
“That’s Yeonjun, Choi Yeonjun— he’s my uhm, he’s my cousin!” Soobin answers and Beomgyu visibly sighs. The less people know, the better. He’s not sure why yet but he knows one of the reasons is that the less people think he’s crazy, the better it is for his reputation.
Janet smiles harder, “Nice to meet you, Yeonjun.”
She doesn’t say anything about his ears if she sees them and turns to Beomgyu, “You’re actually cooking, color me surprised.”
Beomgyu grumbles to himself, “I keep telling you people that I do cook sometimes!”
She rubs his back through his shirt and giggles a little “okay, okay do you need any help?”
Beomgyu shakes his head, “it’s just eggs and toast.”
Janet giggles, “okay—hey where’s Junnie?”
Beomgyu shrugs nonchalantly, “around here somewhere”
“Well alright, I’ll be doing laundry, let me know if any of you need anything,” she smiles at them before heading out of the kitchen.
“Who’s that? And—we’re cousins?” Yeonjun asks, tilting his head to the side, a bit of hair falling in his eyes. Taehyun visibly brightens at the cute motion.
“She’s like our Mother,” Soobin giggles “and I wasn’t sure if Gyu wanted her to know you’re somehow both cat and human. It would probably freak her out,” Soobin looks a little apologetic but Yeonjun shrugs, seemingly in understanding.
Beomgyu watches Taehyun knowing the exact moment the idea crosses his mind.
“Can I touch your ears?” He’s practically halfway off his chair with excitement. Soobin shakes his head fondly. Taehyun is a sucker for cute things, he married Soobin for crying out loud.
The hybrid’s ears flatten on each side of his head as he shyly looks away, “I don’t mind but I… wouldn’t suggest it”
He was blushing deep red and now and Beomgyu looks at him with shameless amusement.
He remembers back to this morning when he touched Yeonjun’s ears and the other made that weird sound. He kind of gets an idea why he might not want people to touch them.
“Why not?” Taehyun whines, pouting a little.
“Uhm- it’s just uhhh my ears are very uhm very sensitive so—”
“Taehyun, babe, leave the kitty alone” Soobin pats his pouting boyfriend’s thigh.
“So what do we do?” Beomgyu asks, “He says he doesn’t know when he’ll be a cat again so do I still have to babysit him while you two look for houses?”
He places two plates on the table where Soobin and Taehyun were seated, smacking Soobin upside the head and telling him to sit in a chair for once. Soobin pouts but does as he’s told.
“Do you eat?” Beomgyu asks Yeonjun who nods, suddenly looking a little lost in thought. What’s with him? Beomgyu decides not to say anything and places both his and Yeonjun’s breakfast down, taking a seat next to him. Yeonjun mumbles a little “thank you” and Beomgyu nods in response, urging him to eat.
“I think he should stay here with you?” Soobin says, between chews.
“And why is that?” Beomgyu tries to ignore the low groans from Yeonjun who seemed to really like eggs. If Beomgyu wasn’t mistaken, he was actually purring.
“Because that’s the whole point of this anyways” Taehyun answers. Beomgyu raises his eyebrows in question.
“What are you talking about, Tyun?”
“Well, we did tell you to keep an eye on Junnie because we wanted you to have company—apart from Janet Beomgyu, I know you’re about to tell me that you have Janet and blah blah blah”
“Taehyun he’s not a cat anymore.”
“So? He’s literally the perfect companion. Look at him, eating eggs all cutely” Taehyun coos.
Yeonjun looks up at that and then shrinks into himself, blushing a little. Taehyun coos even harder.
“Plus, we can’t take him back to our place. He would have to sleep on the couch for two months.”
“So?” Beomgyu asks
“He’s not an animal Beomgyu!” Soobin gasps, dramatically pointing his fork at the eldest who just rolled his eyes.
“He’s literally an animal”
“Don’t be rude, Gyu” Taehyun frowns.
Yeonjun speaks up finally, all done with devouring his eggs. “I could just go if you want, I can take care of myself”
“Uh I think the fuck not, I refuse to have my cousin kicked out” Soobin huffs, “no way, you’re staying, Beomgyu tell him he’s staying. Tyun, make him stay”
“Beomgyu, it’s just until we find a house and then he can come back to us,” Taehyun reasons, “It may not even be as long as two months”
“Fine,” Beomgyu agrees after a silence that felt a little too long, “only for two months and Soobin he’s not your actual cousin oh my god.”
Ignoring him, Soobin faces Yeonjun, “Are you okay with that, Yeonjun?”
He nods, looking a little unsure though.
“So is no one going to talk about the fact that we know nothing about hybrids and we just invited this complete stranger to stay in my house for two whole months without knowing him?”
“Yes, we will ignore that. Besides, he looks harmless, you won’t do anything to hurt him will you?” Taehyun asks.
Yeonjun shook his head vigorously, “I would never!”
Soobin and Taehyun both give Beomgyu twin looks. “See.”
Beomgyu is going to yeet himself off a cliff. No one in his life thinks logically.
“Whatever, I have to go to work” Beomgyu sighs, pushing his chair away from the island and getting up.
Taehyun and Soobin immediately swarm Yeonjun, asking him a bunch of questions. Beomgyu tries not to feel jealous as he does everyone’s dishes because apparently he’s their maid now. When he’s all done, he clears his throat to get their attention. “Are you two staying here?”
“Nope! We’re taking Yeonjun shopping, we don’t want him sharing clothes with someone who has no style,” Taehyun beamed like he didn’t just offend Beomgyu and his entire wardrobe.
“Kay, he’s your pet, do whatever you want”
Yeonjun pouts at Beomgyu’s words and of course the other chooses to ignore it, walking out to go get ready.
“What’s with him?” Soobin asks
Taehyun shrugs, “It’s Beomgyu. That’s his forever mood”
“He’s always this grumpy?” Yeonjun asks, eyes wide
“Pretty much, yeah” Taehyun answers, carding his fingers through the cat boy’s hair being careful not to touch his ears.
Soobin makes an excited little sound when he realizes Yeonjun is purring from Taehyun’s actions.
“You’re actually purring?!?!?” He asks, feeling all around Yeonjun’s neck for vibrations. He’s really glad Yeonjun doesn’t seem to mind him or Taehyun crowding his personal space.
Yeonjun blushes, “yes. I do that sometimes, it’s not something I’m proud of”
“Why not? It’s cute!” Taehyun almost huffs.
“Because—wait something’s wrong with Beomgyu,” he’s immediately on his feet.
Taehyun and Soobin trail after him up the stairs and all the way to Beomgyu’s bedroom where he was groaning on the floor, clutching his shin.
“What happened?” Yeonjun asks, stooping beside Beomgyu and examining his leg.
“Stupid bed” is all Beomgyu says before going back to wailing dramatically.
Soobin is in full blown hysterics by now, slapping his knees and all, Taehyun beside him trying not to laugh.
“You hit your leg while trying to make your bed didn’t you?” Taehyun asks, patting a coughing Soobin’s back.
Beomgyu glares at both of them as Yeonjun helps him up.
“I have a deep hatred for you two”
Taehyun joins Soobin in his laughter now, loud and mocking and Beomgyu wants to kick both of them out of his house.
“On second thought, Yeonjun can stay, he will be my only friend,” Beomgyu mumbles.
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Beomgyu is in an online meeting when his phone starts vibrating nonstop. At first he thinks it's just his secretary, texting him to tell him that his meeting went overtime or something but he quickly rules out that possibility when he glances down and sees that it’s messages from Soobin.
He puts his phone on silent but the older boy starts calling now and Beomgyu wants to throw his phone at the monitor in front of him. He pretends he doesn’t see anything and listens intently to his client until it’s time to wrap up.
“What do you want?” Beomgyu hisses as he makes his way back to his office afterwards, his secretary Kim Minju, trailing after him on a call of her own.
“Gyu! Yeonjunnie is literally so cute!” Taehyun squeals and Beomgyu has to pull the phone from his ear a bit.
“ That’s why you were blowing up my phone? Choi Soobin, I won't hesitate to block you!” He seethes before smiling at a bowing employee who crosses his path. There’s shuffling on Soobin’s end and the vague sound of giggling—probably Taehyun or maybe it’s Yeonjun, Beomgyu doesn’t know.
“Well damn, I’m sorry we tried to update you” Beomgyu could practically hear the pout through the phone. He sighs as he sank into his office chair.
“Soobin, I keep telling you, only call me if there’s an emergency while I’m at work”
“Okay okay got it! Yeonjun and Soob says hi!”
Minju hands him a gigantic folder and he feels his brain pulsate. “I have to go, see you guys later—and don’t die, any of you.” He says before hanging up, feeling like a dad babysitting three toddlers.
He wonders if Soobin and Taehyun’s loud personalities are affecting Yeonjun. He wonders if the boy is okay with running around with them. He did seem pretty excited to go out with the couple before Beomgyu had left them this morning, so maybe he’s doing fine.
How in the world did he suddenly have a whole hybrid to worry about? A very handsome hybrid. He’s alone now (save for Minju who is silently taking notes in the joint office across from his) so he is allowed to think like that without feeling weird.
Minju looks up at him as if sensing his eyes on her and raises a questioning eyebrow, he fans her off and pretends to go back to reading the files in the gigantic folder before his mind wanders back to the pretty cat boy again
“You do know I can still hear your thoughts right?”
Beomgyu startles, looking around the room frantically.
“Chill, it’s just me”
There’s no mistaking that familiar lazy deep voice. It’s Yeonjun. Beomgyu frowned deeply, “this is an invasion of privacy, Yeonjun-ah” he thinks, hoping Yeonjun hears just how annoyed he is.
“Sorry, I can’t help it—Soobin hasn’t killed any of us by the way. They’re nice to be around”
Beomgyu relaxes despite himself, “that’s good, that you’re not uncomfortable”
“Are you worried about me?” He knows that Yeonjun is smirking and he scoffs out loud.
Minju looks at him, he ignores her.
“No, I’m not. Now go away. I’m working”
“You know, I saw you on a billboard today and Soobin told me that you’re the CEO of the label he works for. That’s pretty impressive, Mister Choi.
Beomgyu pretends like he doesn’t feel something from the way Yeonjun just addressed him and thinks, “I’m done talking to you, pay attention to Soobin before he starts crying.”
He hears Yeonjun chuckle before there’s only silence. He scoffs and actually starts working now, pushing all memory of that conversation out of his head. Beomgyu is pretty sure Minju thinks he’s crazy and he doesn’t really blame her.